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PREFACE 


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THE Author is too sensible of the difficulties 
of his present undertaking to expect he shall be able 
to afford satisfaction to every class„of readers, unless 
they have been in some measure predisposed to stu¬ 
dies of the nature of which the following treatise 
consists, and have already some taste for the science. 
To such he ventures to appeal, but with diffidence, 
trusting he has at last accomplished somethii^to¬ 
wards his favourite object of rendering the improve¬ 
ment of the Memory of easier attainment. On the 
other hand, with respect to those who have not 
turned their attention to the subject, he is not with¬ 
out hope that even they may be induced to investi¬ 
gate its general utility; and, finally, that a system, 
pregnant with so many advantages, may obtain a 
more extensive diffusion in society. His labours are 
therefore submitted to the judgment of the public, 
confiding in their liberality and candour. It may be 
remarked here, that the system of Fainaigle, already 
known, to many appears complex and intricate ; 
though it may be fairly inferred that those who have 
drawn so hasty a conclusion,, may have been defi¬ 
cient in point of industry. It may also be remarked, 
that Hieroglyphics, of which the unlearned at first 
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PREFACE. 


sight think so lightly, are adopted in various other 
branches of Science, to say nothing of their having 
been the media or frame-work whereby Ideas were 
communicated before letters were brought into use. 
It must be confessed that this delightful and well- 
combined scheme is yet in its infancy; and this, 
too, notwithstanding the attention paid to it by 
learned men in all ages and countries, and the nu¬ 
merous Treatises that have appeared within the three 
last centuries, from various hands: but the more 
modern and most valuable appears to be Romberch’s 
work, published at Venice (1563). If it be true 
what Sonnier has said of Schenkel’s publication, 
(l6l0,) now unfortunately lost to the world, and 
originally confined to the narrow circle of his ow n 
pupils, (and the authorities in support of his asser¬ 
tions are both numerous and respectable,) then, in¬ 
deed, at. one time it had arrived to its utmost height 
of improvement. Among the celebrated writers 
who have ably digested the powers of the Mind and 
Memory, none have surpassed the amiable and ve¬ 
nerable Dr. Watts. It would be a sort of plagiarism 
to discuss the subject after him; the reader is there¬ 
fore referred at once to that part of his almost in¬ 
valuable Treatise—the Improvement of the Mind, 
which enters so copiously into the nature of the Me¬ 
mory, and the association of remote Ideas col¬ 
lected by the power of Memory—for by such asso¬ 
ciation Memory may be rendered completely reten¬ 
tive. The Symbols employed in this work are the 


PREFACE. 


PERMANENT exciting causes: whatever shall 
be associated with those causes, will press upon 
the mind in rapid succession. We might swell 
our little work to a large size by expatiating upon 
the benefits to be derived from an enlarged Me¬ 
mory, and might quote such authors as Bacon, Ra¬ 
leigh, and Locke, more particularly; but as our pro¬ 
fessed aim is brevity and perspicuity, we shall 
content ourselves with precepts adapted to practical 
use. Professor Person, who could at will recite any 
passage from the Greek poets, thus speaks:—“ I 
“ never remember any thing but what I transcribe 
“ three times, or read over six times at the least; and 
“ if you will do the same, you will have as good a 
u memory 

The mere reading six times over, however, with¬ 
out due study and application, can be but a waste 
of time. Reflection, judgment, and taste, are con¬ 
comitant requisites. “ By locality ” says Dr. Watts, 
u we may remember many things, and many things 
“ are brought to our recollection by place.” Sup¬ 
pose, for instance, in the fifth Room in your House, 
(beginning at the top,) you place Henry VIH. and 
his w'ives by the fire-place—opposite to whom you 
place tw r o well-known females, Mary and Elizabeth; 
you may imagine the wives are complaining to them 
of Harry's conduct; then, adding 1000 to the num¬ 
ber of the room, you have at once Henry VIII., 
Mary, and Elizabeth, who all reigned in the fifteenth 
century. Can this be easily forgotten l 


PREFACE. 


The great use of Mnemonics in Figures, Chro¬ 
nology, History, Systematic Tables, Geography, 
and Prose and Poetry, will be fully exemplified in 
as familiar and brief a manner as is consistent with 
the nature of the subject; so that no one can have 
any reasonable plea for remaining unacquainted with 
this delectable study. Let the supine and the idle, 
to whom alone study is alike revolting, treat w ith 
indifference a subject which will afford a source of 
delight to the man of taste and genius. 

It may now be proper to point out the advantages 
which this system possesses over others:— 

First, The 100 Symbols being concentrated in 
one point of view, and which, independent of its 
SIMPLICITY, will be found greatly to facilitate 
the study of History, for which we require only one 
Room instead of eighteen. (Modern History.) 

2dly r The primary Signs, the Decades or Tens, 
serving as indexes to the Series’, every Decade com¬ 
mencing a new Series— localised. 

3dly, The Consonants composing the common Nu¬ 
merals, also being the initials of the first nine Sym¬ 
bols in the order of arithmetical rotation, and standing 
in their regular order in the alphabet, and not requir¬ 
ing two or three pages to exhibit a far-fetched com¬ 
parison betw een them and the figures they represent. 

4thly, The abbreviations being both more numerous 
and of greater power. The advantage of employing 
Vowels as the cement of words is great, and we 
need only refer to Dr. Grey’s Memoria Technica for 
a proof. 


PREFACE. 


And now, Reader, having introduced the subject 
to your notice, I leave the whole to your own good 
sense and candour, requesting patient attention; from 
which you will experience a rapid improvement, 
whereby your ^imagination will be invigorated, and 
your memory exercised—benefited and enriched. 


9 An intelligent friend of mine lately told me, that, had he known 
this science at a time he was under the direction of an eminent archi¬ 
tect, it would have been of infinite use to firm in the acquirement of 
that art. This 'system inducing, if pursued, the active exercise of 
the imagination, so absolutely necessary in that profession. 




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CHAP. I. 

OF THE SYMBOLS. 

It is generally understood that man is by nature 
a Physiognomist; so is he also a Mnemonician.—* 
Have we not all, individually, peculiar modes for 
the assistance of our Recollection ? But the me¬ 
thod introduced in the following work is systematic, 
and the result of much study and reflection. We 
have attended public lectures on this science at 
much expense, and yet have been but very partial¬ 
ly instructed; and it has cost considerably more to 
obtain a few lessons by private tuition; whereas 
the small treatise now submitted to the public will 
convey to the mind of the student every necessary 
information; and that at the moderate price men¬ 
tioned in the Title Page, being not more than the 
extra charge a Lecturer makes for his Hieroglyphics 
only. The Plate annexed represents a Gothic Win¬ 
dow,* having one hundred places or squares, (ex¬ 
cept the hundredth,) numbered from 1 to 100, each 
of which is to be filled up from the imagination 
with an hieroglyphic or symbol; or, in schools, a 
piece of canvas, with the symbols painted thereon, 
hung over a window of the size of the canvas, would 
be of excellent use. 

Subjoined is the list of the whole in numerical 
order. 


* This may be painted in various colours, as the fancy may lead. 







s 

12 


l Babel Company 

2 Dr. Faustus 

3 Greyhound 

4 King’s Jester 

5 Elephant 

6 Magpie and Nest 

7 Penn/ the Quaker 

8 Rich Sailor 

9 Tired Veteran 

(Zealot) 


10 Boy and Hoop 

11 Pillars of Hercules 12 Boy and Swan 

13 Archer 

14 Jobson the Coblerj 

, 15 Esculapius 

16 Man and Retort 

and wife 


17 Mower 

18 Spectacle Maker 
20 House 

19 Trumpeter 

21 Hunting 

22 Glass 

23 Shooting 

24 Wife or Female 

25 Fire 

26 Self, or Friend 

Friend 

27 Gentleman.Harper 28 Cat 

30 Globe 

29 Lady, Piano 

51 Europe 

32 Spring 

33 Asia 

.54 Summer 

35 Elements 

.36 Autumn 

37 Africa 

38 Winter 

40 Shakespear 

39 America 

41 Witches 

42 Lady Macbeth 

43 Macbeth 

44 Comedy 

45 Garrick 

46 Tragedy 

47 Hamlet 

48 Ghost 

49 Grave Diggers 


50 St. Paul’s 


51 Moses 

52 Organ 

53 Aaron 

54 Charity Boys 

55 Pulpit 

56 Charity Girls 

57 Font 

58 Ringers (Belfry) 
60 Bee-Hive 

59 Beadle 

Apothecary 

62 Baker 

63 Cooper 

64 Dyer 

65 Engraver 

66 Fishmonger 

67 Glass Blower 

68 Hatters 

70 Justice 

69 Innholder 

71 Alderman 

72 Judge 

73 Tipstaff 

74 Counsellor 

75 Bar 

76 Jury 

77 Gog, Magog 

78 Guildhall 

80 Noah’s Ark 

79 King’* Arras 

81 Matthew 

82 Death of Abel 

83 Mark 

84 Adam 

85 Tree of Life 

86 Eve 

87 Luke 

88 Abraham and Isaac 89 John 

90 Sun 

91 Mercury 

92 Venus 

93 Earth 

94 Mars 

95 Jupiter 

96 Saturn 

97 Clouds 

98 Georgium Sidus, 
or Herschel 

100 Peacock 

99 Cornet 


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M Vf ^ rst > P* ace " t>e filled with the Tower of 
JJabel, with the labourers employed in raising the 
structurethis we call the Babel Company. The 
lower ot Babel answering to the figure 1, may be 
easily remembered. J 

■ \ P 1 r \ Faustus kneeling, stretches forth His hand, 
m which is a wand, in die act of practising (within 

to IS,™ 8 * ClrC 6) hlS incantations - This will answer 

-A. Greyhound begging. 

h ind A King s Jester » holding. his right foot in his 

5. For the central symbol, 5, we have an eLe- 
phant and Boy; the Reap-hook will make a (5). 

o. A Magpie, chattering on the edge of a nest, 
m which are six eggs. r 

. J 301 ] 11 . Quaker (Zealot), stretching forth his 

light hand m treaty with the Indians. 

8. A rich Sailor, twirling a purse of gold over 
ins head, and cutting capers with his feet. 

^ e ^ rai h reclining his head on a drum, 

JO. iioy and Hoop. 

And so continued to 19 , each representing the 
figure for which it stands. 

The remaining 80 are all localised, the Primary 
JN umbers, or Tens, serving as Indexes, so that the 
student has only to remember the eight tens, and 
he will have the whole; and, as hereafter appears, 
the first nine will very materially assist him in these. 

lhe twentieth serves as an Index to the next nine 
thus, 20 is a House. Let the learner imagine him¬ 
self 111 a parlour of this house, where there are two 
pictures on each side the glass, and a male or female 
friend, &c. &c. 

Nothing further need be said respecting the others 
as they may be readily understood by referring to' 
them. Having got the first nine at command,°the 
student will be soon acquainted with the tens. The 
Indexes commence at 20. 


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The 2d symbol is Dr. Faustus; place him in ima¬ 
gination upon the house-top, and the 20th will be 
discovered instantaneously. 

The symbols will stand as follow, viz. 

2 20 Dr. Fanstus upon the house-top. 

S SO The Geographical or Learned Dog. 

4 40 Buffoon mounting the statue of Shakespear, 

5 50 Elephant upon St. Paul's. 

6 60 Battle of Magpie and Bees. 

7 70 William Penn arm-in-arm with Justice. 

8 80 Rich Sailor, having left his vessel (ark), 

9 90 Tired Veteran sleeping in the sunshine. 

Or by a still easier method, viz. 

Ho—G 

Let Shakespeare in St. Paul's BE(e), 

Jo,NA,S. 

Thus, Ho. House, 20. 

G. Globe, 30. Stc. &c. &c. 


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CHAP. II. 


OF THE NUMERALS, kc. 

In the Preface it has been observed that the 
Consonants composing the common Numerals were 
the initials of the first nine symbols, in their order 
in the alphabet. 


W 

or 

X 


Here B or C stands for 1, D or F for 2, and 
so continued to 9. Vowels are used only to cement 
Consonants, for the formation of words: as 




stands for 
0 . 


1 

2 

3 

B C 

D F 

G H 

4 

5 

6 

J K 

L 

M N 

7 

8 

9 

P Q (Z) 

R S 

T V 


No. 1 Bee 
11 Cub 
2 Day 

22 Deaf, &c» 
S3 Hog 


3389 Ghost 

16652669 Commandment 
280 Draw 
10 Bow 

108 Boxer, Sec. Sec. 


The Great Numerals, or method of abbreviation, 
will be presently noticed. To treasure up in the 
memory a great number of Figures, is a pleasing 
exercise, in which pupils will strive to outvie each 
other. For instance: suppose it were required to 
remember the following— 

138109956609569826 

It would be found extremely difficult to fix them in 
the memory by the common method; but let two 
b 2 










9Y more be taken at a time, and formed into words, 
one word being placed in a compartment, as follows: 


1 2 

3 4 

5 6 

Beg 

Rob 

Weave 

7 8 

9 10 

11 12 

Value 

Man 

Wit 

13 14 

15 16 

17 18 

Lion 

Tree 

Fan 


The whole are then disposed of:—B and G stand¬ 
ing for 1 and 3, R and B for 8 and l,.&c. a Vowel 
placed between will make the word beg, and so with 
respect to the rest. 

The recollection may be assisted by forming the 
above into a sentence, as, “ It is better to beg than 
to Rob” 8rc. ... 

In ordfcr,to shew which is the eighth figure, divide S 
8 by 2', or take the half, and you will find it a-*?"* It 
must be observed, that the uneven numbers are the 
first, and the even are the last, consonants in each 
compartment. If more than two consonants are 
placed in a square, divide by the number in each. 

Having advanced thus far with respect to place, it 
will be proper to proceed to what are termed the 
Great N umerals. 


1 Si / 

r WX 1 
i 01 ' f 

stand for One Hundred 

i I 

C >* C 

e ja o < 

ST S 
' TH or 

SH 

One Thousand 

!*|11 

i CH 


Ten Thousand 

WH or 

NT 

One Hundred Thousand 

^ s 1 

L Y 


A Million 


Example—W e 
Ox 


100 









17 


Stab. 101 

Star. 108 

Therefore . 1828 

Chicken . 10,146 

Yourself.1,008,852 

Let not the inert or irresolute here make a stand, 
or start back at apparent difficulties, which, on a 
steady determination to pursue the science through 
all its windings and mazes, will vanish like phan¬ 
toms that appear as lions in the way to the slothful 
and inactive; whilst the patience and perseverance 
of the diligent will be rewarded with a gradual in¬ 
crease of light and knowledge, till they have at¬ 
tained the summit of their desires. 

Where tw o Great Numerals occur in the same 
word, the first only is to stand, as—Church, 10,813. 
But when preceded by other Consonants, they lose 
^ their character of One Hundred, One Thousand, &c. 
aiid^W andX become each a cypher; •iEJI'Tmd ST, 
Hundred only, not One Hundred; TH or SH, 
Thousand only, not One Thousand, &c. &c. 


Example— Best.. 200 Last.. 500- 

Mother . 608 

Flash. 25,000 

Hash ........ 2000 

Hashing...... 3063 &c- 

You .1,000,000 


Y may be used as a Vowel in all cases where it 
cannot be mistaken for a Consonant, as in Revenue,, 
Astronomy, &c. 

£. S\. D. 

For the remembering of Pounds, Shillings, and 
Pence, contrive,, if possible, to have one word for 
each, thus— 

( Words may do) .C828..6..2. 

£ 3 












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When there are no Shillings, but Pounds and 
Pence, or Pounds and Shillings, but no Pence, 
any word may be inserted of two Consonants, pro¬ 
vided the first be not either B, C, or W. Any of 
the Great Numerals will do, save the W. If nei¬ 
ther Shillings nor Pence, two words may supply 
their place in like manner. If no Pounds, take the 
character for Million, Hundred, Thousand, or the 
like, where it is certain it cannot be mistaken, as 
in the Common Transactions of Life. 

If there are more Consonants in the Pounds than 
will constitute one word, they must be formed into 
more, care being taken that the two last words are 
the Shillings and Pence, if there be any. 

Assimilations may be often found difficult to make, 
but the very act of endeavouring to associate (as 
may be seen in the next chapter) will tend to fix 
them permanently on the mind, and render them 
more familiar to the understanding. Thus the use 
of employing Consonants for Figures, and using 
Vowels for the forming of proper words, has, we 
hope, been clearly demonstrated. 

Learners must recollect, that, by placing Vowels 
either before, between, or after the Consonants, they 
will have a never-ending variety of words at com¬ 
mand, of which they may make their own choice. 


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CHAP. III. 

OF ASSOCIATION. 

We come now to the Association of Ideas. In 
our Preface we have already asserted that what¬ 
ever be associated with our permanent exciting, 
(pluses, “ The symbols will be permanently fixed in 
the memory but in this, as in every other science, 
industry in repeating is highly necessary, especially 
at first. The Hieroplyphic, with its localisation, 
&c. must be strongly impressed upon the mind of 
the student, and he should go over his ground se¬ 
veral times, writing his Assimilations down, if he 
thinks it necessary, and reviewing them on a subse¬ 
quent occasion, and he will find that practice, will 
both improve the memory and brighten the imagin¬ 
ation. 

In furnishing an example of Association, we have 
only to revert to page 16, to the Diagram in which 
we have placed Words for the eighteen Figures; for 
what we recollect by mere locality, frequently makes 
but a temporary impression. We must associate 
things with places, and vice versa. 

Our first symbol is Babel Carriers, our first word 
Beg; we may say, It is needless to beg of them 
to desist. 

2d, Dr. Faustus would Rob us of our reason, &c. 

3d, Were we to weave a Net, and place it in a 
proper position, it would stop the progress of the 
Greyhound, &c. 

This is what we term Simple Association. For 
Complex Association, we refer the reader to the ap¬ 
plication of this system to the chapter on History. 
Suppose twenty or more names were given us to re¬ 
member; we should be able to repeat them forward 


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and backward, or in any other order, by associating 
them in like manner with the symbols; thus—let the 
first five be Book—Tower—Jug—Cage—Church; 
we say, first, A Book, at the foot of Babel, we w ill 
suppose it to be the Account of the Building. 

Sd, Dr. Faustus enchanted upon a Tower. 

3d, The Greyhound, parched with thirst in the 
chase, and drinking out of a Jag. 

4th, The Fool, very properly shut up in a Cage. 
5th, Elephant, waiting for his master outside the 
Church, till service is ended. 

Our associations are often ludicrous; but it 
should be remembered, that the more grotesque 
they appear, the more powerful they will be im¬ 
pressed upon the mind. 

By associating the symbols merely, without using 
the common numerals, we may recollect Numbers, 
viz. 

No. 15 76 

1570572—Esculapius before a Jewry,— 

- 5 72 

an Elephant for their J udge. 

Or, when the last figure or figures are cyphers, any 
of the great numerals that stand for Hundred, Thou¬ 
sand, &c. may be used; which, however, must con¬ 
stitute the last w ord, and immediately follow the last 
symbol used. 

65 79 

€5,796,000—Engraving the King’s Arms on Silver, 

6 

for the ornamenting William Penn’s Shoe. 

(Thousand ) 


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CHAP. IV. 

CHRONOLOGY. 

In the application of our system to Chronology; 
we shall confine ourselves to the succession of the 
English Kings, from William the Conqueror. 

TABULAR ARRANGEMENT. 

No. Sy mbols. Technical Words. 

1 William I. 1066.. . .’Babel.Moon 

2 William II. 1087... Dr. Faustus .. .Rope 

3 Henry I. 1100.... Greyhound ... .Stay 

4 Stephen 1135.... King’s Jester .. Beguile 

PLANTAGENETS. 

5 Henry II. 1154... .Elephant......Bulk 

6 Richard I. 1189.... Magpie’s Nest. .Strove 

7 John 1189.. . .William Penn..Caveat 

8 Henry III. !5l6.... Rich Sailor.. .. Dumb ~ 

9 EdwardI. 1272.. . .Tired Veteran 

10 Edward II. 1307.... Boy and Hoop 

11 Edward III 1327.... Pillars of Hercules 

12 Richard II. 1377.... Boy and Swan 

LANCASTER. 

13 Henry IV. 1399-Archer 

14 Henry V. 1413.. .. Jobson, Cobler 

15 Henry VI. 1422.. .. Esculapius 

YORK. 

16 EdwardIV. 1461.. . .Retort 

17 Edward V. 1483.... Mower 

18 Richard III. 1483.... Spectacle Maker 

YORK AND LANCASTER UNITED UNDER THE 
HOUSE OF TUDOR. 

19 Henry VII. 1485.... Trumpeter 

20 Henry VIII. 1509.... House 






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No, Symbols. TechnicalWords* 

21 Edward VI. 1547... .Hunting 

22 Mary 1553. * ,. Glass 

23 Elizabeth 1558.... Shooting 
HOUSE OP STEWART. 

24 James I. 1603.... My Wife 

25 Charles I. 1625.... Fire 
Commonwealth 1649. • • • 

to the Restoration. 

26 Charles II. 1660... .Myself 

27 James II. 1685.... Harper 

28 Wm.8cMaryl689. •. .Cat 

29 Ann 1702.... Piana-forte 

BRUNSWICK. 

30 George I. 1714.... Globe 

31 George II. 1727.... Europe 

32 George III. 1760.. . .Spring 

To distinguish the first of the Plantagenets—of 
York, 8cc.—make use of a plant—of “ Yorkminster,” 
&c. &c. 


ASSOCIATIONS. 

I. The Labourers of Babel have placed a Willow 
Tree upon the top, and are working by the light of 

the (Moon.) 

2d. Dr. Faustus has tied two Willow-Trees to¬ 
gether with a ( Rope.)—{pi any colour you may 
think proper.) 

3. The Greyhound is pursuing a Hen, but he had 
much better (stay) in his Kennel. 

4. It was thus that Stephen’s Jester (beguiled) 
the time. 

5. Two saucy liens , each determined to pick oat 
on Eye of the Elephant; he having the advantage in 
bulk. 

6. The Magpie’s Nest was plundered by a Rich 
Man, who strove to conceal his meanness. 



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7. William Penn, had he lived in the time of King 
John, would have entered his ( Caveat) against cer¬ 
tain proceedings, &c. 

We have purposely omitted the rest, in order that 
the pupil may exercise himself in the tilling them 
up, and for which purpose there are blank space* 
left. 

Alas ! how' often have we, in the course of our 
lives, to refer to Chronological Tablets to ascertain 
what w T e have before read a thousand times. Who 
would not rather ohuse this short and pleasant road 
to science? 

Children may be taught the Succession of Kings 
ere they can scarcely read (technical words being 
avoided). Show them the “ pleasing pictures,” let 
their imagination supply the Name.—And be it ob¬ 
served, that any w ord that has a meaning, and is 
nearly in sound like tlie name, must be substituted 
for it; thus, Willow, William; Hen, for Henry; 
Sword, Ward, or Guard, for Edward; Merry, for 
Mary ; Lizard, for Elizabeth ; Chariot, for Charles- 
The Georges, being the three last, cannot be easily 
forgotten. 

Chronology and Geography, having been deno¬ 
minated the Eyes of History, the means of their 
speedy attainment w ill be duly appreciated by every 
one whose mind aspires to rise above that attractive 
power which fixes the multitude to lower objects, and 
soars into those pure regions, wdiere no clouds or 
vapours can obstruct the enjoyment of the high de¬ 
lights of exalted science. 

Of fixing names on the memory, w ? e may further 
add, that, as in the preceding chapter, we take a 
Noun resembling the Name in sound. What can 
be more natural and easy ? Do we w ish to recollect 
a name, we take the half first, and then use our ef¬ 
forts till we have it complete. A surgeon might 
remember the various turnings and windings through 


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which he must pass to visit his patients, with their 
names, places of residence, and even the numbers 
of their houses ; a collecting clerk, the sums he had 
to collect, and from whom; a collector of books 
might save the trouble of writing them dow'n, by 
carrying them all in his memory. An insurance- 
broker might be equally benefited. An underwriter 
has only to take a symbol, place the ship’s name 
(Image) upon it, get an assimilation for the place of 
destination, 8tc. and at the bottom place a w'ord 
for the premium, and under it another for the return. 
See chapter on Figures. If 200ds, let the symbols 
20 to 29 be filled up; if 300ds, 30 to 39, and so 
on. In fine, its universal application is undoubted^ 
and already well attested. 


25 


CHAP . V. 

POETRY AND PROSE. 

Many methods have been resorted to for the 
assistance of recollection in poetical and prose 
writings. The remembrance of the drudgery we 
undergo at school in learning by heart a certain num¬ 
ber of lines, is engraved upon the mind by the labour 
and the pains attending it, and what we have thus 
learned is frequently forgotten, owing to our teachers 
not having properly led our minds into the sense and 
spirit of the author, so that we might as well have 
learnt them in a language unintelligible to us; for we 
cannot well associate words of which we do not com¬ 
prehend the meaning, and consequently cannot pre¬ 
sent any proper image to the mind. Articles, and 
the lesser parts of speech, serve only as a cement, 
in the same way as the vowels employed in the forma¬ 
tion of words for remembering numbers. Every 
Idea that may be embodied into an Image, (and the 
principal Nouns and Verbs containing the substance 
of a story are the principal Images,) must be asso¬ 
ciated with an Hieroglyphic. The School Book 
called the Hieroglyphic Bible will convey a correct 
Idea to the student, and it is recommended to him to 
purchase it. It may be worthy of remark that we 
can remember short or part of long sentences, but 
are very apt to lose the connection. 

We have said that every word that has an Image 
must be associated with a symbol, and, as the Images 
present themselves, they must follow in succession as 
much as possible.—For Example : 

“ When I can read my title clear 
“To mansions in the skies, 

“ I bid farewell to ev’ry tear, 
u And wipe my weeping eyes/* 
c 


Here are four lines to the stanza: let tlie pupil 
imagine he sees by the tower, on the left side, a man 
reading a will, and by turns gazing intently on a 
goodly mansion in the skies, and stretching forth 
his hands (bidding farewell) to a mourning female 
on the right side of the symbol, who is wiping her 
weeping eyes. Thus the whole will be strongly im¬ 
printed on the memory. 

It must be acknowledged that descriptive poetry, 
where the Images are striking and various, is the 
easiest to be remembered. Or place as many Images 
as there are in a line in each corner, (supposing there 
are four; if five, one in the middle,) and multiplying 
the symbol, so as if four lines, four symbols, and hang 
the images of every line upon the symbol, taking 
care of their association. 1 have known a boy of 
twelve years of age repeat one hundred and fifty 
lines in this way; tell you in what line any word 
named (that had a meaning or image attached to it) 
might be founds or inform you what any line con¬ 
tained—the very word or words. 

It will be found that the method of getting Poetry 
by heart by this means is particularly easy and de¬ 
lightful ; and, laying aside measure, we proceed in 
the same way in Prose composition. 



G 


This most important science, as far as respects 
the relative situation of places, is easily attained by 
our method. One may carry a Map of the World 
in the mind’s eye: let us then apply the principles 
of our art to this branch of education. We have no 
longer need to burthen our memories with long lists 
of the Latitude and Longitude of places; our sym¬ 
bols will at once direct us where and in what degrees 
there is the greatest extent of land or water, or what 
quarter most abounds with islands, lakes, rivers, &c. 
We shall limit ourselves to General Geography.—• 
The pupil can easily apply these instructions to par¬ 
ticular Maps, by taking a symbol to a degree, in¬ 
stead of 1 for 10, as is here done :—Procure a Mer¬ 
cator’s Chart, but be careful that the degrees of la¬ 
titude are marked by tens. Cut it longitudinally into 
halves; if an English Map, at the meridian of Lon¬ 
don. Again cut it through the Equinoctial Line. 
You have it now in quarters; by again dividing it 
at the 9 >th degrees East and West longitude, you 
have it in half quarters. 



10 20 30 40 30 60 70 80 90 

Long. East. 



















































28 


We have here carried the degrees of latitude n* 
higher than 80, although part of Spitzbergen is in 
a higher latitude. We have here a Wall, against 
which are reared nine ladders, denoting the longi¬ 
tude ; and every ladder has eight steps, denoting the 
Latitude. The above is North Latitude. The 
base of the said wall is the Equator. In the square 
at the bottom in the left-hand corner is to be placed 
the first symbol, with which is to be associated 
the Name of the Country, &c. as delineated on the 
Chart; and in the upper part of this square is part of 
the coast of Guinea—Whidah, Benin, Formosa, 
Fernandes, St. Thomas. r Fhe symbol for this 
square is the 11th, (1st ladder, 1st step,) Pillars of 
Hercules. Place one of them on water and the 
other on land, and between them a Widow , whom, 
you may say, offers Ben a Guinea, to set off to 
Cape Formosa, to negociate her suit with Fernando, 
who is on the eve of going to St. Thomas on the 
Line, &c. on the same ladder. On the first line 
or step of this first ladder there is nothing particu¬ 
lar; but on the square above, leading to the second 
step, is Soudun (sedan). Your Boy and Swan 
have been carried across in a sedan, 8cc.; and thus 
you proceed to the top of the ladder; the first fi¬ 
gure denoting the number of the ladder, and the se¬ 
cond the step. For the disposal of the different parts, 
for the division of which we have already given in¬ 
structions, we shall require two rooms, with four 
walls in each, an upper and a lower room. Look¬ 
ing out at the windows, your first wall will be on 
your left hand, on which you wall have imaginably 
delineated . 1 to 90 degrees East Longitude (N.L.). 
Upon your second or front wall there will be 90 to 
380 degrees East Longitude (N. L.); on the third, 
which will be on your right, you will have 1 to 90 
degrees West Longitude (L. N.); and on the fourth, 
immediately behind you, 90 to 180 degrees West 
Longitude (N. L.) Thus we have disposed of the 


29 


whole of the Northern Hemisphere in the upper 
room. The floor on which you stand is the Equa¬ 
tor ; and the Southern Hemisphere will be disposed 
of in like manner in the lower room ; only remem¬ 
bering to reckon downwards for South Latitude. 

But the most simple method is this :—The globu¬ 
lar Map of the World being familiar to all who have 
the slightest knowledge of Geography :—Divide each 
Hemisphere into quarters, and either obliterate the 
figures which mark the longitude (from meridian of 
Greenwich), or substitute a scale of your own, 
counting Greenwich 20 East, and onwards to 180 in 
the Eastern Hemisphere, so that you gain 20 degrees 
East Longitude, which amount must be subtracted 
from the former, in order to its agreeing with the 
common mode of reckoning. According to our 
plan, for degrees under 20 in the Eastern Hemis¬ 
phere, deduct their amount from 20, and the re¬ 
mainder is Longitude West; thus, 17 from 20, re¬ 
mains 3 West. And by the same method you lose- 
in counting 20 degrees from the Western Hemisphere, 
in Longitude West, which amount you will add for 
a similar reason, until we come to f60West Longi¬ 
tude ; thus— 


West Longitude East 

165 (our plan) is 175 

170 .. 170 

175 .. 165 

180 . - 160 


Or, more particularly, our plan, Longitude West 
from 160 to 170 degrees, double the Unit of the 
Degree, and add the difference between that amount 
and 20; thus, 161, (the 1 being doubled (2), leaves 
18; which, added to 161, is 179, Meridian of 
Greenwich ; and this process is exceedingly easy, 
observing that all under 20 degrees in your Eastern 
Hemisphere is West Longitude from Greenwich; 
and every degree above 180 in the Western is East 
€ 3 





30 


Longitude ; thus, a place in 17 degrees East Lon¬ 
gitude, (by the plan here laid down,) will stand from 
the Meridian of Greenwich 3 degrees West. 

On the front wall, first room, you have one half 
of the Northern Latitude of the Eastern Hemis¬ 
phere ; opposite to which the half of that of the 
Western, (making the floor your Equator, as named 
before.) On the room immediately underneath will 
be found the Southern Latitudes of each Hemis¬ 
phere, for which you reckon downwards. You 
have now one circular window in the front of your 
house, and another behind, containing the Eastern 
and Western Hemispheres, divided by the Equator 
(floor), having in each 180 degrees East and West, 
beginning with the eleventh symbol, as before di¬ 
rected. 

In the squares in w hich there appears water only, 
no symbols need be introduced.* 


* The Fainaiglian system employs two Rooms. Rule—On the first 
floor of the first, place symbols No. 1 to 9 ; on the first or left hand 
•wall, No. 10 (which, as well as the other tens, will he on the ceiling) 
to 19; on the second or front wall, 20 to 29; third or right-hand wall. 
No. 30 to 39; on the fourth, (behind you,) 40 to 49; No. 50 will lie 
placed in the centre of the ceiling. Your second room will have om 
the floor, 5i to 59 ; on the fifth wall, onyour left, 60 to 69, and so 
onward to No. 100, which will be placed m the centre of the ceiling 
of the second room. We recommend the pupil to exercise his ima¬ 
gination in transferring the symbols from the window to the walls, 
floors, and ceiling, of two rooms most familiar to him: one trial w& 
$x them in his memory. 


31 


CHAP. VII. 

STATISTICAL TABLES. 


Religion 

10 

20 

30 ( 40 

50 

60 

70 

80' 

90 

100 

Revenue 

9 










Commerce 

8 










Navy 

7 










Army 

6 










Government 

5 










Arts and Sciences 

4 










Products 

3 










Population 

2 










Territory 

1 

11 

21 

31 

41 

51 

61 

71 

81 

91 


Above is a series of ladders for Statistical Tables. 
Rule—form a word for numbers, and associate with 
symbol. For Religion, Products, Arts and Sciences, 
you may substitute hieroglyphics of your own con¬ 
struction. These ladders are employed as those in 
Geography. 






























32 

CHAP. VIII. 

SYSTEMATIC TABLES AND DIARY. 


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The first may be fixed on the memory to a most 
extraordinary extent by this system, particularly 
Zoological Tables. The Linnean class, Mammalia, 
for instance. Take a single Order, ahd place the 
various Genera, or different parts, on a single hiero¬ 
glyphic, or more, and associate with it. W hen this 
science was revived by Famaigle, and first introduced 
into this country, an eminent astronomer declared 
that, previously to his acquiring the system, it was 
with the utmost difficulty he could remember dis¬ 
tances, but that now it was become familiar. 


Jan. 


1 

2 

3 

— 

— 

— 

4 

5 

6 

— 

— 

—— 

7 

8 

9 

- — 

— 

* - 


10 


11 

— 

— 


_ 

_ 



19 


20 


21 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

30 

31 



DIARY. 

Feb. 


SI 


41 


51 


33 


39 


40 


50 


58 


49 


59 


Mars. 


61 

62 

63 

— 

— 

— 


— 

— 

— 

70 

— 

71 



— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

80 

— 

81 



— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

— 

90 



91 




















W e have here the first three months depicted oa 
the first wall (left hand); we shall not want all the 
squares for February, therefore they need not be 
filled up. This wall shall be coloured green. 

The second, April, May, June, may be blue \ 
the third red; and the fourth white (winter). 

Should you want to fix in the memory a conjec¬ 
tural event, you may form a word of the number of 
the hieroglyphic, thus—63, (Mars 3d,) Noah, and 
associate with it a symbol. 


CHAP . IX. 

HISTORY. 

“ Her ample page 
" Rich with the Spoils of time.* 

We come now to our last chapter, with which, 
we trust, the student will be amply gratified* In¬ 
stead of perplexing the attention with eighteen rooms, 
with four walls to every room, we require only one 
room, with three walls, for Modern History. Thus, 
on your left-hand wall you will have six windows, 
and the same number on your second, or front wall, 
having six also on your third, or right-hand wall* 
The first window on the first wall will contain the 
events of the second century; the second window, 
those of the third ; and so on progressively to the 
eighteenth, which will have only sixteen place* 



14 


filled up (to the present year, 181(5), for the 
nineteenth century, Fo* the events of the first 
century, (or before A.D. 101,) you must imagine 
your floor to be divided into 100 compartments or 
places. Your first window may be distinguished by 
the Tower of Babel, for No. 1 on the top ; your 
second by Dr. Faustus, and so on to No* 18 ; or 
you may employ for the first twelve, the signs of 
the Zodiac; and for the remainder six of the con¬ 
stellations, as your fancy may lead. The best me*, 
tliod will be to rule a large sheet of paper for each 
century, in the form of the frontispiece ; pin this to- 
the wall; then lill in the events of each century,, 
either by hieroglyphics or letters; for example— 
Henry VIII. ascended the throne 1509; this would 
be placed in the fifteenth window, ninth compartment, 
symbol Tired Veteran; and we might observe, lliat 
there are two Tired Veterans, of opposite characters* 
With Henry VIII. we arrange his contemporaries,, 
and we may suppose him entertaining at his court 
Charles V. king of Spam, and Gustavus Vasa, of 
Sweden. 

If you wish to impress particular facts upon your 
memory, use an hieroglyphic; thus, for the Refor¬ 
mation in Henry VIII., I sketch a crooked cross, 
denoting Luther, or minister of Christ—a crown, 
King Henry—the Rose on it, VIII. (we could not 
say 88)—a Candle, the Light of the Reformation— 
a fallen Tiara, the Victory over Papal Superstition. 
This may or may not be associated with the proper 
symbol; and the method is both elegant and certain. 
Fainaigle has given a most admirable specimen. We 
may indeed' dispense with the symbols, and form 
nouns from the dates themselves ; thus, 103, Stag, 
and associate an event with it; 1003 would he Wag, 
&c.; taking care only that, when you have once 
formed words, you duly note them. 

It is also to be preferred that every place should 
be filled up, as you can then (making the central 


35 


symbol distinguishable either for size or colour) lor* 
calise the symbols for each century; and thus there 
Avill be an unbroken chain of events; for the selec¬ 
tion of which, -care should be taken lest you store 
up trifles. Mr. Thomas has published an excellent 
synopsis of Universal History on one sheet, and 
here allow me to recommend it.* Miss Rundall’s 
* Symbolic History of England, from what has been 
said of it, is also an excellent help: so are “ The 
Stream of Time,” and u Guy’s Chart of Universal 
History.” 

Ancient History may be divided by the student 
into distinct periods; thus— 

1st Period—from the Creation to the Foundation 
of Rome. 

2d—to the Death of Alexander. 

3d—to the Birth of Christ. 

And, for general purposes, one window will contain 
flie principal facts of Ancient History, forming the 
dates into words. 

But as many persons are fond of the picturesque, 
and may not hesitate lo be at the expence of having 
a room painted for the express purpose, we would 
suggest the follow ing: 

On the first wall let there be three pyramids, the 
middle larger than the other two—a scroll of the 
100 symbols attached to each; at the foot of the 
first is a Turk, having a scroll in his hand, for the 
idea of w indows is now abandoned : at the foot of 
the second, an elegant European lady, writing on 
another scroll; and, at the foot of the third, an Afri¬ 
can, exhibiting another for your inspection. Thus 
the pyramids will be numbered 1 to 3, and the per¬ 
sons 4 to 6, on your first wall. 

On the second wall you have a steep Hill, on 
the top of which is the Temple of Fame, on which 
you place three celebrated characters,—Homer, Vir- 

* Darton and Harvey, Gracecliurck-street. 


3*5 


gil, and Milton, (if you please,) No. 7 to 9, eack 
having a scroll. At the foot on the left is a Female, 
and on the right a Male, each pressing forward, (for 
the sake of effect;) between these place a fountain, 
or, instead, imagine yourself with a scroll; the last 
three will be numbered 10, 11, 12. On the third 
wall may be painted Greenwich Hospital; behind 
it, on the Hill, No. 13, is the Royal Observatory, 
let the hieroglyphics be delineated on the flag upon 
it. For 14, let a man be placed at the right wing 
of the Hospital; 15, a woman on the centre; 16, a 
man on the left wing; 17, a scroll on a boat in the 
river; 18, another on a ship of war; 19, on the Lord 
Mayor’s barge on the right, &c. 

We shall now conclude in the words of Grataroli 
—“ It sufficeth, therefore, that we have expressed 
a methode or compendious waye, the which whoso¬ 
ever followeth shall easeyle (so that exercise be not 
lackynge) get and attaine the certeine and sure re- 
membraunce of manye and sundrye things as due 
occasion shall require.” At the same time, the Au¬ 
thor is sensible that much more might have been ad¬ 
duced in elucidation of the subject in question, but 
the whole, in a future edition, (should it be called 
for,) shall undergo a strict revision. 



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